26 Mr. Austin Roberts on 



i\Iariqna Flycatcher (Bmdornis )nari(juensii<). — Large 

 numbers were found amongst the matted thorn-trees near 

 the gulley. Many young ones were amongst tliem in 

 November, but I at hist found a behited nest on the 10th 

 November. The nest looked so much like an old one that I 

 had turned to go away, when what I had taken to be a piece 

 of rag caught my eye, and on closer inspection proved to be 

 the tail of the sitting bird. The nest was a shallow one 

 composed of wool and a few twigs and roots, and placed in 

 the matted overhanging branch of a thorn-tree. The eggs 

 are pale greenish with very faint indications of speckles, at 

 the thickest part forming an indistinct ring ; they measure 

 respectively 19-5 x 14 and 183 x 14 mm. 



Fiscal Flycatcher {Sif/elus silens). — This quiet bird was 

 found nesting in a thorn-tree at the camping place ; it was 

 seldom seem elsewhere. The nest is like that of the Fiscal 

 Shrike, though slightly smaller, and is equally ill-concealed. 

 The eggs are pale green with a thin suftusion of minute 

 speckles, that are usually most pronounced at the thickest 

 part, and they measure 20-7-21-7 x IS'S-lO'l mm. 



The Spotted {Aluscicapa (jrisola) and Dusky Flycatchers 

 {Alseonax adustus) were found in the pan, usually perched 

 on the bare lower twigs of the larger trees. 



The White-flanked Flycatcher {Bads molitor') was not 

 uncommon and usually found in parties in open forest, 

 restlessly moving from tree to tree. It has some clear notes 

 })y which one can usually trace its whereabouts ; the most 

 noticeable is a series of three loud ones rapidly repeated 

 while the wings are sharply flapped, as the bird flics from 

 one tree to another ; another simpler one sounds like " Quit " 

 and is followed by a sharp clicking of the beak. Two eggs 

 taken by Kirby on the Magaliesberg are of a pale greenish 

 ground-colour, prettily and clearly marked with spots of 

 light reddish, brown, and slate-blue, most ])rofusely distri- 

 buted round the thickest part of the egg ; they measure 

 17 X 13 mm. The nest is a small cup-shaped structure fixed 



